SA-NA table

Digital print research/ prototype
Sinter print, with laminated plywood
fabrication team: Will Galloway, Sabeeh Mobashar and Sam Hardwicke-Brown
(Toronto Metropolitan University)


Digital fabrication can often become tethered to the precision inherent in the process of designing with software and making things with computer-guided machinery. In this case the goal is to test the possibility of making a small work table that is visually as free and open in expression as a hand drawing.

The technical challenge was to develop a way to assemble small pieces into a larger object without emphasizing the parts. The size of the individual pieces in this case is limited to the size of the 3d sinter (SLS) printer, which is not much bigger than an office trash can.

Careful connections and assembly make it work, hinting at further refinement and the potential of making substantial designs from small pieces.